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Approximately 31.9% and 16.0% of adults in rural Bangladesh have pre-hypertension and hypertension, respectively, with increasing age and higher BMI serving as significant predictors. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONFIRMATORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

February 27, 2015BMC Public HealthOpen Access

Prevalence and determinants of pre-hypertension and hypertension among the adults in rural Bangladesh: findings from a community-based study

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Population

6,094 men and women aged 25 years and above from three rural demographic surveillance sites in Bangladesh.

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

MKMasuma Akter KhanamUniversity of Newcastle Australia WLWietze LindeboomCardialysis (Netherlands)ARAbdur RazzaqueInternational Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to high pre-hypertension burden in rural Bangladesh; hypothesis-generating for age/BMI associations pending longitudinal data.

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Population

6,094 men and women aged 25 years and above from three rural demographic surveillance sites in Bangladesh.

Outcome

Prevalence and predictors of pre-hypertension and hypertension

Approximately one-third of adults in rural Bangladesh have pre-hypertension and one-sixth have hypertension, highlighting a significant public health challenge driven by age and BMI.

Limitations

Findings may not be generalized for the whole country, as data comes from rural surveillance settings
Use of self-reported information on tobacco use, physical activity, and fruit/vegetable consumption may compromise validity

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Khanam et al. (2015) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1dfc0def3fa0b4c0efa84b https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-015-1520-0

Topics

Hypertension management

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Implication

Alerts clinicians to high pre-hypertension burden in rural Bangladesh; hypothesis-generating for age/BMI associations pending longitudinal data.

Prevalence and determinants of pre-hypertension and hypertension among the adults in rural Bangladesh: findings from a community-based study

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

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Topics

Prevalence and determinants of pre-hypertension and hypertension among the adults in rural Bangladesh: findings from a community-based study

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Limitations

Cite This Study

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